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This is a collection of ten perspectives, both personal and professional, about the Bush presidency. It is part of an ongoing series of intensive studies of postwar presidents. The authors served in the Bush administration and possess extensive training and experience in public service and politics. Each provides a unique viewpoint about the Bush administration, its policies, and George Bush himself. The book examines the essential topics that surrounded the Bush presidency: leadership, governance, personnel selection, foreign policy, presidential disability, and the 1992 presidential election.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Leadership and Policy-Making: The President as Leader; Organizing for Policy-Making Chapter 4 Governance and the Bush Presidency: Accomplishments and Setbacks; The Budget Process Chapter 5 Forming an Administration: Personnel and the Selection Process Chapter 6 The Making of Foreign Policy: The Making of Foreign Policy in the Bush Administration; The Bush Presidency and International Economic Issues Chapter 7 The Intelligence Process: Intelligence in the Reagan and Bush Presidencies Chapter 8 The Question of Presidential Disability: The Bush Presidency and Presidential Disability Chapter 9 The 1992 Election: How George Bush Lost the Presidential Election in 1992
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By Kenneth W. Thompson - Contributions by Kenneth W. Thompson; C Boyden Gray; Edward J. Derwinski; Clayton Yeutter; Bryce L. Harlow; Chase Untermeyer; John R. Bolton; David C. Mulford; Robert M. Gates; Burton J. Lee III M.D. and Betty Glad
